Device for curling,waving or setting hair



8- 5, 1959 I E. B. MANDERVELD 3,459,200

DEVICE FOR CURLING, WAVING OR SETTING HAIR Filed July 28, 1966 tedStates ABS'IRACI' OF THE D i.

A device for curlingwaving or setting hair. cmprising a spherical shapedbody of compressible elastic material having an inwardly extendingcircumferential slot in which a lock of hair may be wound and am by theresilient action of the body.

The present invention has for its obiect a dcviw for maintaining thehair curled. in order to curl it, to wave it or to set it, andcomprising two or designed to he in contacting nela' n.- by of theirfaces. in order to grip a lock of hair. means mt vided to maintain thesaid facets of said wv-n material one against the r.

The invention has for its object, on the it it. to overcome the variousdisadvantages on with curlers or apparatus generally used for curling orwaving hair, disadvantages such as damage to the hair, bad sets causedby the fastening means. difiicultiea when positioning these apparatus.complexity of the letter, discomfort resulting from the design of saidapparatus and from the characteristics of the materials used for theirpucticn, etc., and on the other hand, to provide a nimplc device, ofeasy and economic manufacture. melting it possible, on account of itsshapes and of the used for its production, to'curl or wave the hair veryquickly while giving it a natural appearance without spoiling it andwithout hindering the user, even when aalmp, this device offering thegreat advantage of effecting the waving or the setting in curls ofunwaved hair within a time not exceeding minutes, without it being firstnecessary to moisten the hair.

For that purpose, according to the invention, the device is producedfrom an elastic material and in Otto piece, this device beingsubstantially in the Shape of a sphere. a slot being provided on thecircumference of said sphere and according to a diametrical plane of thelatter. the hair being accommodated in the said slot.

According to an advantageous form of embodiment of the invention, acircular groove is provided, close to the bottom of the said slot. ineach of the checks of the latter. these circular groovesestabliahing'within the material of the device a cylindrical core theaxis of which passes through the center of the said sphere, the hairbeing curled round said core and accent in the said grooves.

According to a particularly advantageous form of embodiment of theinvention, the device is produced from an elastic material such assynthetic material in the shape of a foam.

Other details and features of the invention will become apparent fromthe description of the drawings accompanying the present, specificationand which represent, by way of nonlimitative examples. two particularforms of embodiment of the object of the invention.

FIGURE 1 is an elevational and sectional view of a device according tothe invention.

3,45%,2W Patented Aug. 5, 396$ FIGURE 2 is a diagrammatic view showing alock of hair curled on a device according to the invention and wing howthis lock is maintained in the said device.

FIGURE 3 shows two ways of using the said device.

FIGURE 4 in an clevational view in section of device rding to theinvention.

FIGURE 5 is an clevational view in section of a variant of the deviceshown in FIGURE 4.

In the didcrent figures, the same reference numerals refer to similarelements.

According to the invention, the device 1 shown in the FIGURES l to 3 isproduced from an elastic material and in one piece. This device issubstantially in the shape of a sphere, a slot 2 being provided,according to a diametrical r w of the sphere. on the circumference ofthe latter. A circular groove 3 is provided. close to the bottom d ofthe slot 2, in each of the checks 5 of said slot. These circular grooves3 establish. within the material of the device. a cylindrical core 6,the axis of which passes through the center of the said sphere and onwhich will he curled the lock of hair to be curled. The device 1 isproduced from a synthetic material of low density in the of a foam.material such as polyurcthan, polyr. etc.

device according to the invention offers the ada oi allowing an easycurling of the hair.

ind. it will be sufficient to open the checks 7. h

in the clfr on of the arrows 9, in order to release the core 6; uttercurling of the strand of hair, the checks 7, tn-i which because of thecompression of the d rel core, are applied one against the other asshown in FIG- URE 2, enclosing the strand of hair, while the walls ll ofthe vea 3 are applied against the hair curled on the core. in: beingthus prefectly held without being spoilt.

In order to remove the lock of hair curled on the device, it will besumcient to apply a slight pull, according to the arrows ii, to thehemispheres 7 and 3 and to import to the latter a rotating movement inthe opposite direction to that of arrow id.

As shown in FIGURE 3, the device according to the I invention itperfectly suitable for waving hair located on the sides and at the backof the head and for waving hair located at the top of the head.

Moreover, without losing its properties of maintaining the hair in situ,this device makes it possible to curl very thick looks.

The device shown in FIGURE 4 comprises two components l2 and M which aresubstantially in the shape of a half sphere. these components beingintended to be assembled so as to form a sphere, a lock of hair beinggri t between these two components maintained one against the other byan adhesive system 14.

The device shown in the FIGURE 5 comprises the said two components 12and t3, the component t2 having a core w on which is curled the hair,these two poms being assembled by an adhesive system 1d. component 12could also, in order to allow the accommodation of a lock of very thickhair, be provided with a circular groove 16 shown by a dash line. Theadhesive system it permitting the assembly of the componcnts l2 and 13is, for example, an adhesive system known by the name of Velcro! Thisadhesive system may also be provided from synthetic fibers. for examplenylon fibers, integral with the faces 17 and 18 of the said components.

The great smoothness, the great elasticity as well as the lightness ofthe material used, the rounded-off shapes of the device as well as thecomplete lack of any hard, rigid or semi-rigid element give the locks ofhair a natural appearance and allow the use of the said device 3 withoutany hindrance for the user even when the de- \ice is kept in placeduring the hours of sleep.

It is well understood that the invention is in no way limited to thedescribed forms of embodiment and that many changes may be made to thelatter without dc parting from the scope of the present patentapplication.

In particular the device according to the invention shown in the FIGURESl to 3, as well as the component 12 of the device shown in the FIGURE 5.could be produced from several components, said components being thenpermanently assembled by glueing, welding, etc.

I claim:

l. A hair curling device comprising a one piece substantially sphericalbody of a compressible readily deformable material, said body providedwith an inwardly extending circumferential slot, said slot defining twosubstantially hemispherical cheeks joined by a central core, a circulargroove opening in said slot within which hair is accommodated beingprovided in at least one check, the dimensions of said slot and saidgroove being such that the curling of hair around the core causes 4compression thereof and tends to cause the two checks to contact eachother at the inner face of each check.

2. A hair curling device as claimed in claim 1 wherein the body is madeof a synthetic foam material.

3. A hair curling device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the body has anelasticity which permits the volume of the body to be reduced incompression by at least fifty percent with reference to its initialvolume.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,237,942 4/1941 Lemley l32--l(l2,515,751 7/1950 Warrington et a1. 2,655,159 10/1953 Parkey l32402,717,437 9/1955 Dc Mestral. 2,888,019 5/1959 Whitmore 132--40 LOUIS G.MANCENB, Primary Examiner 130 I. W. MITCHELL, Assistant Examiner

